21 Grams

About 21 Grams

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

21 Grams (2003) is a crime thriller film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Sean Penn takes the lead as Paul Rivers, Naomi Watts as Cristina Peck, Benicio del Toro as Jack Jordan, and Charlotte Gainsbourg as Mary Rivers.

It runs 124 minutes and was released in November 2003. Written by Guillermo Arriaga. It was produced by This is that.

Shelv files it under widow, faith, suicide attempt, and car crash. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 3,523 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Magnolia, Things We Lost in the Fire, and Life of Pi make useful companions to 21 Grams, all filed under loss of loved one and multiple storylines.